IF it hasn’t been a good week for Sepp Blatter, it has been an even worse one for certain individuals at Everton FC.

Whilst the internet published e-mails may not contain anything particularly shocking to Everton fans, what will undoubtedly disappoint them is that at a time when strong leadership and a crew pulling in the same direction is essential, one or both qualities may be lacking.

I’ve lost count of the number of times when I have commented on the strength of the team.

If their belief in each other and trust in each other is their common goal, it would be a logical extension of that to assume that the same qualities continue behind the scenes too. It would be easy to assume that togetherness ran through the club, but the content of the e-mails suggests that this isn’t the case.

No business can be a success without that. It needs to run through the club as a whole, but sadly that doesn’t appear to be the case at present.